Conceptual and Practical Foundations of Gender and Human Resources for Health

This paper presents what the Capacity Project learned about various forms of gender discrimination and how they serve as barriers to health workforce participation, against the backdrop of the global gender and HRH literature. It points to the central roles played by pregnancy discrimination in weakening women’s ties to the health workforce, and occupational segregation in limiting men’s role in the development of a robust informal HIV/AIDS caregiving workforce. The paper also offers global recommendations for future action through health workforce policy, planning, development and support. [from author]